But the problem is, it is not enough to refute the rumors, from now on Yan Yan will no longer walk around with them, it is easy to make people suspicious when this is spread, and smart people will know what is going on as soon as they analyze it.

Therefore, this rumor is irrefutable, and it is not of much significance, at least these families can't fool each other.

So, Ma dared to beg: "The Empress Dowager and the Emperor, the courtiers know that they are wrong, the courtiers really know that they are wrong, the courtiers are willing to show sincerity to treat Yan'er well, and please ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor... ”

"Mrs. Yan, your sincerity Yan Yan doesn't dare to be used, so don't let it go. When you show up in the future, I'm sure I'll go around it. Yan Yan interrupted the other party's words.

What are you kidding, the reason why she promised not to mention this matter in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor is to draw a clear line with the Yan and Lu families, this kind of resistance that is not a rebellion can also get the effect she wants, and it has also fulfilled her reputation and the Queen Mother's desire to keep the Yan family.

Li Cong saw through Yan Yan's little calculation, gave her a warning look, and turned to the kneeling Ma and Zhu, "Just do what I just said, kneel down, it's been a long time, don't say that the Queen Mother has a headache, I also have a headache." ”

When Ma heard this, he hurriedly helped Yan Yu to stand up, and saw that Yan Yu's face was pale, Ma knelt down and begged the Queen Mother to find a royal doctor to take a look, saying that he was afraid of moving the fetus, because Yan Yu knelt for an hour, and he was more emotional during the period.

The royal doctor soon came and said that she did have signs of miscarriage, because she was a little irritated and frightened, and she was emotionally unstable.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother hurriedly ordered the imperial doctor to also show Yan Yan, but Yan Yan was not a big problem, the imperial doctor only said that she was thinking too much and asked her to pay attention to recuperation.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother gave Yan Yu a 200-year-old ginseng, saying that it could calm the nerves, of course, soothing the nerves is not the goal, the Queen Mother wants her to give birth to this child with peace of mind.

Because the Queen Mother also knows that since Yan Yu's fake talented girl was exposed, Lu Ming doesn't have much affection for her, or she wouldn't want to accept the girl of the Zhou family as a concubine, to put it bluntly, isn't she still holding her breath?

Therefore, the Queen Mother hopes that she can give birth to a son, no matter what, if she has a son, this son will be the son-in-law of the Lu family, and she will be able to inherit Lu Ming's title in the future, and Yan Yu will have something to rely on in this life.

When Yan Yu and his entourage left, Yan Yan also wanted to say goodbye, the Queen Mother left them husband and wife, probably to appease her, the Queen Mother left their husband and wife to have dinner in Cining Palace, and before leaving, she also sent them a bunch of things, both for food and clothing, and two 200-year-old ginseng.

Coming out of Cining Palace, the two of them were taken to the upper study by Li Cong, and Li Cong was still worried about Lu You's desire to go to the battlefield.

Seeing that Lu You was really preparing for the battlefield, Li Cong assessed him with a few questions, for example, if he wanted to recover Bingzhou and Jinyang now, what he planned to do, for example, how he planned to defend the city when the other party attacked the city.

These two questions Yan Yan had taken the test for Lu You at home, and he had simulated the battle situation at that time more than once, so Lu You's answer surprised Li Cong a little.

Defending the city was relatively easy, except for the moat, Yan Yan taught him to dig a little more trench outside the city, the trench was suitable for infantry combat, not very suitable for cavalry, and the Khitans were mostly cavalry.

And the best weapon against cavalry is gunpowder, although the artillery has not yet been studied, but the simple version of the trebuchet has come out, and it can also send gunpowder to the opponent's camp, but it is more troublesome to operate.

In addition to gunpowder, the cold weapons on the side of the Great Zhou are also stronger than those of the Khitan and Western Xia, in addition to all kinds of spears, swords, axes and hammers, as well as various armors, which can be used.

As for the siege of the city, all Lu You can think of now is to use trenches and trebuchets, in addition to Kong Ming lanterns, using Kong Ming lanterns to send gunpowder to the other party's city walls, but this has a disadvantage, it may hurt innocent people.

Therefore, Lu You proposed to besiege Bingzhou and Jinyang, dig a few circles of trenches around these two cities, and make them a lonely city, it is estimated that the other party's grain and grass will be able to last for a month or two, as long as the ambush is done on the periphery and the Khitan foreign aid is defeated, these two cities are still relatively easy to recover.

Of course, this is just talk on paper, and the specific way to do it depends on the specific situation, and it also depends on the other party's response, because correspondingly, the other party can also isolate the city of Da Zhou in turn.

Fortunately, at that time, the Khitan did not have gunpowder, and the cavalry was not suitable for trench warfare, so the advantage of the Great Zhou side was slightly more obvious.

"All you came up with?" Li Cong suspected that Yan Yan's credit was in it.

"I really can't hide anything from the emperor's eyes, these are what I figured out with my wife, the two of us have read a lot of books, and we have also studied a lot of Khitan people's living habits." Lu You generously admitted it.

"Back to the emperor, I proposed to study the habits of the Khitan people, and most of the other content was thought up by him, and I have read relatively few books on the art of war formation, and I have not studied it." Yan Yan said.

She only knows a little bit of opportunistic things from the war movies she watched in her previous life, and she doesn't understand the real layout and layout at all, so she is not modest in what she says.

After hearing this, Li Cong really had the heart to let the two of them go to the front line to try, but the problem was that Yan Yan was a pregnant woman, how could he bear it?

Lu You saw that the emperor's brows were locked again, thought about it, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the kid and the lady have discussed, the kid will go for half a year first, if there is no achievement in half a year, the kid will resign." ”

This time, Li Cong nodded, "Okay, I'll let you try it for half a year first, and tell me when you can leave." ”

After talking about this matter, Li Cong returned to the topic of the Yan and Lu families, he wanted to explain that under the current situation, he really couldn't deal with the Ma family and the Zhu family, and it was spread out, how could Yan Peng and Lu Ming still have the heart to fight against the enemy?

However, he estimated that if the war was over and Yan Peng could return to the capital safely, he would probably leave Ma's family, but as for Lu Duana, he was not sure.

"Child, I'm ashamed of you for this matter, fortunately, you are also married to a good husband, it can be seen that God is still fair." Li Cong looked at Yan Yan slightly apologetically and said.

"Your Majesty, don't say that, if you really say it, I caused chaos to the emperor, and I shouldn't have caused problems for the emperor at this time." Yan Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Child, it's not your fault, it's their greed that is too much, and in the face of huge interests, human nature is the most vulnerable thing."

As a generation of emperors, how could Li Cong not understand this?

But the problem is that even as a generation of emperors, he has his helplessness, and he can't do what he wants.

Therefore, he can only owe this justice first.